Aaron P. Latimer
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Age: 26
From: Ennis, Texas
Assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Incident: Army Spc. Aaron P. Latimer died May 9 in Mosul, Iraq. The circumstances of his death are being investigated.
Died: May 09, 2006
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Ennis soldier dies in Iraq death under investigation
Associated Press
ENNIS, Texas — An Ennis soldier who died in Iraq had just been home in February and was due to finish his overseas service in three months, his mother said.
Spc. Aaron P. Latimer, 26, was found dead Tuesday in a bunker in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Army spokesman Maj. Nathan Banks said. The cause of death was under investigation.
Latimer was assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Striker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
The soldier’s mother, Betty Latimer, said her son was very outgoing and loved serving in the military, proudly noting an Army Achievement Medal he received.
“He liked ministering to people and talking to people,” she said, adding that the Army suited him well after trying several other jobs. He was unmarried and had no children.
She said her son also loved...
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into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to the Latimer family.